Berry Hill (James Ross Island)
| Berry Hill | ||
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| height | 370 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 48 '40 " S , 57 ° 49' 59" W | |
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The Berry Hill is a 370 m high hill on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It looms between the Lachman Crags and Cape Lachman . The hill is characterized by volcanic rocky outcrops and probably by Pliocene glacier troughs .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1987 after Alfred Thomas Berry (1896–1978), from 1929 to 1939 a member of the RRS Discovery II crew for the British Discovery Investigations and warehouse managers in Operation Tabarin in Port Lockroy (1943–1944) and in the Hope Bay (1944-1945).
Web links
- Berry Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Berry Hill on geographic.org (English)